I would like to ban the phrase “get organized.” Why? Simply put, you can’t “get organized.” Instead, you have to “practice organization” It is an ongoing thing: using your system, evaluating your system, fine-tuning your system, or overhauling your system. And repeating and repeating and repeating. Practicing organization requires revision and fine-tuning. It can change …
Are you wondering if hiring a professional organizer is right for you? You know you need a professional organizer when: 1. You’re overwhelmed If you’re so overwhelmed you don’t know where to start, an organizer can be a big help. Hiring an organizer to help figure out priorities and a plan can get you mobilized …
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The organization of your files, mail, and bills can get easily disheveled if you don’t keep up with it or if your system isn’t working for you. It can also be extremely overwhelming to start to organize if you’ve got a big backlog–it can seem like you’re never getting anywhere. My favorite technique to get …
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Want success in changing your habits? Don’t forget about your environment It’s well-known that our environment has a lot to do with how well we can stick to a habit. It’s not always easy to do, so to get you kick-started, here are some environmental suggestions for some very common resolutions. So instead of beating yourself …
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Vireo Home earns a small fee from qualifying purchases from certain linked vendors. Everything I recommend is something I would buy and use myself. Gotta earn a little money for label tape and Sharpies…. If you sew, you know my pain. Half-full bobbins unraveling in your sewing box, making everything a tangled mess. You can …
You might be wondering where the last week of Simplify Your Life Month went. So am I, my friend. I have, however, completely re-built vireohome.com after a major technical problem. And I am still making the bed every day. What I am not going to do it beat myself up because August is over and …
Today I’m going on a media fast, and you should too. I’m shutting down all my electronics for the day, and totally ignoring all of my email, Facebook, and Reddit. I’m not even writing a real post for today.
For Simplify Your Life Month, Day 17, I’m unsubscribing. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 requires business who send emails to include a way to opt-out of receiving future messages. The act specifies several things they must include in their commercial (marketing) and transactional emails. This means that it’s pretty easy to unsubscribe to all those …
I don’t even want to think about the excess of photographs that are clogging up my computer right now. Even though I can sort of ignore them, they feel like clutter. I know they are there, and that I don’t need to keep them. Documents and apps, too. We can get by with the excess, …
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How would you like to lose 41 pounds and live 8 months longer? You can have all of this and more by stopping your junk mail. The average American household gets up to 41 pounds of junk mail a year and according to EcoCycle.org, we could spend up to 8 months of our lives dealing …
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Challenging yourself to eat what’s already in your fridge, freezer, and pantry for a time is a tried-and-true method for saving money on groceries and reducing your food waste. As a regular practice, it can also support your efforts at simple living by challenging yourself to be thankful for what you have while you are …
Simplify Your Life Month, Day 12: Eat What’s in Your Pantry Read More »